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This thoroughly updated second edition provides an engaging introduction to the discipline of religious studies. Summary boxes, discussion questions, a glossary, a chronology of key figures and texts and other pedagogic aids help students grasp key concepts.
List of contents
1. Introduction 2. How Religion Began to be Studied: Traditional Perspectives 3. Studying Religion within Communities: Social and Cultural Perspectives 4. How People Experience Religion: Perspectives in the Study of Religious Consciousness and Perception 5. Judging Religion in Context: Perspectives, Themes, and Considerations
Select Websites Chronology of Select Significant Persons and Seminal Texts Glossary Index
About the author
Hillary P. Rodrigues (he/him) is Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. A recipient of that institution's Distinguished Teaching Award (2000) and a Board of Governors Chair in Teaching, he formerly chaired both the Anthropology and Religious Studies departments. His books include
Introducing Hinduism (2006, 2016),
Studying Hinduism in Practice (2011), and
The Study of Religion: A Reader with John S. Harding (2013).
John S. Harding (he/him) is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. He is the founding Coordinator of its Asian Studies Program and coordinated the Global Citizenship Cohort. His books include
Studying Buddhism in Practice (2012),
The Study of Religion: A Reader with Hillary P. Rodrigues (2013), and
Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West with Victor S¿gen Hori and Alexander Soucy (2020).
Summary
This thoroughly updated second edition provides an engaging introduction to the discipline of religious studies. Summary boxes, discussion questions, a glossary, a chronology of key figures and texts and other pedagogic aids help students grasp key concepts.
